“After Jaws, which was a huge phenomenal success, I thought, ‘Hey, people are giving me a final cut now and offering me all kinds of movies…’ and the first movie I wanted to make was a Bond film,” the director says. “I offered Cubby my services and he didn’t think I was right for the part. Even after Close Encounters (of the Third Kind) came out and was a big hit I tried to get on a Bond film. Once again, he didn’t think I was right for the part.”